Driver charged in fatal West Side crash

A Lawndale man was charged in connection with a weekend traffic crash that left a 31-year-old woman dead, authorities said.

Erick Ellison, 26, was charged with felony leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in injury or death, according to Chicago police.

Ellison, of the 1500 block of South Sawyer Avenue, was also charged with failure to give information or render aid and driving on a suspended license, both misdemeanors, along with citations for disobeying a red circular steady signal stop and failure to reduce speed.

Authorities said Ellison was driving a gray Chevrolet Monte Carlo east on Douglas Boulevard when he ran a stop sign at Homan Avenue and struck a northbound Pontiac Grand Prix, injuring its 31-year-old driver.

The Grand Prix's driver, Ishia Norris, of the 4000 block of West Polk Street, was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

After the crash, Ellison bailed out of his car and ran away on foot, leaving behind a female passenger who was uncooperative with authorities, police said at the time. But Ellison himself in to authorities later that day, said Officer Laura Kubiak, a police spokeswoman.